Amage00 wrote:
18 U.S. Code § 875. Interstate communications
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(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnapped person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 741; Pub. L. 99–646, § 63, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), (H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Interstate Commerce Clause, although true, only gives the government the ability to handle matters interstate. That means with other states, Indian tribes, and foreign nations. It doesn't mean what he did was illegal in his country at all--if he lives somewhere else. His country would first have to have an extradition treaty that allows such deportation for trial here. But that aside, the above is mainly for the common defense of the country. As interstate commerce is a power outlined I believe in Article I, Section 3, Clause 8 of the US Constitution to help nationalize the country in times of need. For something like this, is a huge stretch of it's intent and seems less like what's outlined in the constitution and more beaucratic law to help enforce other laws. In addition to that, hate speech was unanimously reaffirmed as protected speech--Including idol threats lacking symbols of impeding danger--back in 2017. Remember, that for there to be any sort of hate crime, there must be a crime to have been made and a law broken. Someone ranting and venting isn't quite enough. But if he is in the states, they can detain him for up to 48 hours to determine if there was possible harm and was established in the Supreme Court Case, Terry v. Ohio
Thank god someone addressed this, I was tempted to, but rarely do people treat you well even if you speak the truth. One of the most tired overplayed myths in [Current Year] discourse is this constant 'hate speech' propaganda. As you said, this has been addressed by the courts, and doesn't exist in the U.S. There is no hate speech here, just protected Free Speech. I do realize that many on Nasomi will be from other countries, and sadly places like Canada and the UK don't seem to cherish the universal Freedoms that have been the legacy granted Western Nations from centuries past by brave intelligent souls that paid in blood. Give them all up, and someday we will have to pay that price once again.
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